EIB interested in construction of Nis-Pristina highway

(Photo: Aleksandar Parezanović)

Scannapieco outlined the Feasibility Study for the future Nis-Pristina highway with the connection to the Adriatic Sea coast as well as regional railway through Sarajevo, should show economic justification which would result in EIB being more clear, the Ministry of construction, traffic and infrastructure announced.

At the meeting they agreed that EIB investment funds become more active in Serbia when it comes to initiating mutual projects. It was estimated that expropriation of land along the Corridor 10 is 95% over which is a basic pre-condition to implement loans of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the highway construction.
EIB provided Serbia five loans for Corridor 10 totaling EUR 759 and a loan of EUR 100 m for rehabilitation and roads safety.